What option is best for ridding aiptasia from tank?

[Imlovinit]

Hey everyone my wife and I are new to saltwater and this forum. We have recently set up a 28 g nano tank. Currently it contains 20lbs live sand and 20 lbs of live rock. Also there are two blue damsels in there to help with the cycle. The tank has been running for a week, I have noticed that some aiptasia have hitch hiked in from a piece of LR. There is about five little ones so far and don't want it to spread. My question is what method is the best to rid of it from my tank?
1. Peppermint shrimp... Are these reef safe? We are looking to get into soft corals.
2. Injecting lime juice... Do you inject it into the aiptasia or squirt it close? How much of this is safe for the tank?
3. Kalk... I have heard this somewhere not quite sure what this is?

Thanks and any start up advice is muchly appreciated and or any other alternative options on getting rid of the aiptasia

[Lampshade]

I just went and did another round of injections of lime juice in my tank. I only use 5ml at a time, but that's more than enough for 10+ apasia/majono's. I'm just picking off the last few now that have come in on various live rock/frags. Seems to have worked great, i went from probably 20 majono's/5 apasia down to 0 apasia and maybe 1-2 majono's left.

I inject right into the mouth, make sure the apasia fills like a baloon and you'll never see it again. If you leak any juice out before you get the needle inside it will shrivel up and you'll probably not get a good injection after that. If i notice them baloon out, i know they will never come back.

[Wayne]

I got rid of my aptasia with both peppermint shrimp (they are safe with my corals) and lemon juice with a fine needle.

I zapped all the big ones that I could see and get at with the lemon juice, make sure the needle penetrates there mouth or stem and get them good! My aptasia is gone and the peppermints just scavange for food now

[fencer]

In the end...10 peppermint shrimp

[Myka]

I like to use a Kalk paste (cheap when lots of Aiptasia) or Joe's Juice. I find both work really well. Kalk is short for Kalkwasser which is a powdered calcium and alkalinity supplement, you mix just enough water with it to make a paste, and then inject it or just syringe it on top of the Aiptasia.

[pelle31]

I've used Joe's juice,Peppermint shrimp and sodium Hydroxide. IMO sometimes the peppermints are hit and miss at least the ones were that I bought locally.

[doch]

If you can, pull the rock out, and torch the SOB's with a lighter! I guarantee you that they will not come back! When you torch them, just wait until a)they pop or b) they turn black.

Works everytime... I've yet to have had to do it twice.

[donlite]

I have made my own, but you can buy a aptasia zapper. It has a rod with an electrode on the and when you push the button it cooks it in about 1 second. This is the most fun I have ever had killing somethig Just google it.

[bauder1986]

just pour a half of cup of turpentine and you should be golden

[globaldesigns]

I know, I know.... Start over, and use Eco-reefer rock! HEHE, a free plug here for them.

Just kidding, on a serious note, I bought 2 nudis and thought it was a waste of money. Well I am wrong, I have many now. Lots are like 1.5 inches long, lots of babies and lots of swirl egg colonies. And the hundreds/thousands of aptaisa in my sump are almost gone. Maybe have about 10-15% left to what was there prior. So I recommend the nudi's, you just have to be patient with them.

Also, I am not selling any yet, so please don't ask... But will be soon, once my aptaisa farm in the sump is gone. Don't want the critters to die, so will eventually hunt them down, quarantine them and sell them.